Letterbooks, 1777.

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Letterbooks, 1777.

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Official correspondence of Teodoro de Croix as Governor-general of the Provincias Internas of New Spain, including "Derrotero y diario" of the Dominguez-Escalante expedition (v. 2, p. 170-308) and a commentary by Juan Morfi (v. 2, p. 308-326). In 2 volumes, accompanied by three published English translations and the diary.

1 case ; + 1 vol.

spa,

eng,

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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